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Stuff and more stuff about urban farming and some permaculture and anything else I like. Oh and stuff about Brooklyn and New York too.
Apr 15
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SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 6-8:30pm Permitted Habitats and Endangered GMO’s: An Introduction to the Center for PostNatural History @ Exit Art Rich Pell, founder of the Center for PostNatural History (CPNH), lectures on the history of his organization as one dedicated to the advancement of knowledge relating to the complex interplay between culture, nature and biotechnology. “PostNatural” refers to living organisms that have been altered through processes such as selective breeding or genetic engineering to meet human desires. Pell will present a number of examples of “postnatural” life forms, giving particular attention to genetically engineered life forms that are indigenous to New York State. Richard Pell and Kathy High co-founded the highly successful BioArt Initiative at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies. Pell was selected as a juror for the 2007 International Genetically Engineered Machines competition at MIT. In 2007, the Center for PostNatural History was awarded a prestigious Rockefeller New Media Fellowship to map the genetic and evolutionary relationships between transgenic organisms. In 2009, the CPNH received support from the Creative Capital Foundation to begin work on a permanent facility. Pell is also a founding member of the art and engineering collective, the Institute for Applied Autonomy.

SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 6-8:30pm

Permitted Habitats and Endangered GMO’s: An Introduction to the Center for PostNatural History

@ Exit Art

Rich Pell, founder of the Center for PostNatural History (CPNH), lectures on the history of his organization as one dedicated to the advancement of knowledge relating to the complex interplay between culture, nature and biotechnology. “PostNatural” refers to living organisms that have been altered through processes such as selective breeding or genetic engineering to meet human desires. Pell will present a number of examples of “postnatural” life forms, giving particular attention to genetically engineered life forms that are indigenous to New York State. Richard Pell and Kathy High co-founded the highly successful BioArt Initiative at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies. Pell was selected as a juror for the 2007 International Genetically Engineered Machines competition at MIT. In 2007, the Center for PostNatural History was awarded a prestigious Rockefeller New Media Fellowship to map the genetic and evolutionary relationships between transgenic organisms. In 2009, the CPNH received support from the Creative Capital Foundation to begin work on a permanent facility. Pell is also a founding member of the art and engineering collective, the Institute for Applied Autonomy.